Blizzard Entertainment has finally announced that Overwatch will be getting its own dedication esports division. This dynamic move will integrate Major League Gaming, which was acquired by Blizzard in 2015, and will include management of operations, sales and distribution of the Overwatch League and Overwatch World Cup.

The new division, which will retain the MLG name, will build on Blizzard's nearly 20-year history as a leader in esports and leverage MLG's extensive experience with live events and content distribution. It will also operate the MLG-branded media network, which will broadcast both Blizzard and Activision esports content as well as other premium gaming programming.

Blizzard already has an esports team that focuses on their global esports programs like Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft, to name a few, but it is expected that the esports team will assist the new Overwatch division with media production, sales, and distribution. So at least the new division won't feel so alone with this incredible backup. Perhaps the greatest news and opportunities that this brings to the table is the field of job opportunities that have just opened up to fill the division with rising talent.

With these initiatives underway, Blizzard currently has multiple open esports positions, with more on the way. Apply now at jobs.blizzard.com, and stay tuned there for more esports openings in the weeks ahead.

So if you have ever wanted to work at Blizzard, keep your eyes peeled. This may just be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Shaun is the published author of the epic fantasy trilogy, the Celenic Earth Chronicles, and the horror novel, Silent Hill: Betrayal, which is based on the popular Silent Hill game franchise. He is also the screenwriter of the sci-fi space travelling screenplay, ‘The Space Drifter’, which was recommended by the 2015 Cinequest Screenwriting Festival.

Shaun is busy working on several writing projects, which includes the soon to be released romantic fantasy novel, ‘Dream Whispers’. He was appointed as an official Choice of Games author of text-based games, and expects to release an adventure novel in 2017. Silent Hill: Obversion is also to be expected to be released at the end of 2017, as well as his volume of almost 600 poems written over his adolescent years.

Under his publishing label, Celenic Earth Anthologies, several short story collections by various authors from around the world will be published. The Anthologies currently being edited and developed include ‘CEA Through the Dark’ (horror), ‘CEA No Boundaries’ (Cape Town NaNoWriMo collection), ‘CEA Into the Beyond’ (sci-fi) and CEA Past your Reality (fantasy).